Cocklebur oil explained

Cocklebur oil is obtained by pressing the seeds of cockleburs (Xanthium ssp.), plants that are otherwise considered an agricultural pest that can harm or kill livestock. The oil is similar to poppyseed oil, light yellow in color, and similar to sunflower oil in taste and smell.^{[1] [2]}

Notes and references

1. Physico-Chemical Investigation of Cocklebur Oil . Comptes Rendus . Akademiia nauk SSSR . 1963 . 381– . N. Maximov.
2. Some Points of Interest Concerning the Cocklebur and Its Seeds . Ecology . 2 . 2 . April 1921 . 110–119 . J. S. McHargue . 10.2307/1928923 . 1928923 . Ecological Society of America.